Ron Rash Tree Poems
- 1. The Skeleton In The Dogwood
(Watauga County, 1895)
Two lovers out walking found
more than spring's promised blessing
... - 2. The Exchange
Between Wytheville, Virginia
and the North Carolina line,
he meets a wagon headed
where he's been, seated beside
... - 3. The Corpse Bird
Bed-sick she heard the bird's call
fall soft as a pall that night
quilts tightened around her throat,
her grey eyes narrowed, their light
... - 4. The Ascent
Some thought she had slipped, the plank
glazed slick with ice, or maybe
already cold beyond care,
drowsy and weary, bare feet
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